diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 94845ab..0000000
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,408 +0,0 @@
-[MASTER]
-
-# Specify a configuration file.
-#rcfile=
-
-# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
-# pygtk.require().
-#init-hook=
-
-# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
-# paths.
-ignore=CVS
-
-# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
-# regex matches against base names, not paths.
-ignore-patterns=
-
-# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
-persistent=yes
-
-# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
-# usually to register additional checkers.
-load-plugins=
-
-# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
-jobs=1
-
-# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
-# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
-unsafe-load-any-extension=no
-
-# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
-# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
-# run arbitrary code
-extension-pkg-whitelist=
-
-# Allow optimization of some AST trees. This will activate a peephole AST
-# optimizer, which will apply various small optimizations. For instance, it can
-# be used to obtain the result of joining multiple strings with the addition
-# operator. Joining a lot of strings can lead to a maximum recursion error in
-# Pylint and this flag can prevent that. It has one side effect, the resulting
-# AST will be different than the one from reality. This option is deprecated
-# and it will be removed in Pylint 2.0.
-optimize-ast=no
-
-
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-
-# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
-# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED
-confidence=
-
-# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
-# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
-# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
-# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
-#enable=
-
-# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
-# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
-# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
-# file where it should appear only once).You can also use "--disable=all" to
-# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
-# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
-# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
-# no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
-# --disable=W"
-disable=too-few-public-methods,locally-disabled,redefined-variable-type,too-many-statements,duplicate-code
-
-
-
-[REPORTS]
-
-# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, msvs
-# (visual studio) and html. You can also give a reporter class, eg
-# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
-output-format=text
-
-# Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
-# command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
-# written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]". This option is deprecated
-# and it will be removed in Pylint 2.0.
-files-output=no
-
-# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
-reports=yes
-
-# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
-# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
-# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
-# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
-# (RP0004).
-evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
-
-# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
-# used to format the message information. See doc for all details
-#msg-template=
-
-
-[SIMILARITIES]
-
-# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
-min-similarity-lines=4
-
-# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
-ignore-comments=yes
-
-# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
-ignore-docstrings=yes
-
-# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
-ignore-imports=no
-
-
-[MISCELLANEOUS]
-
-# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
-notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
-
-
-[VARIABLES]
-
-# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
-init-import=no
-
-# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expectedly
-# not used).
-dummy-variables-rgx=(_+[a-zA-Z0-9]*?$)|dummy
-
-# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
-# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
-additional-builtins=
-
-# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
-# name must start or end with one of those strings.
-callbacks=cb_,_cb
-
-# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
-# builtins.
-redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,future.builtins
-
-
-[SPELLING]
-
-# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it working
-# install python-enchant package.
-spelling-dict=
-
-# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
-spelling-ignore-words=
-
-# A path to a file that contains private dictionary; one word per line.
-spelling-private-dict-file=
-
-# Tells whether to store unknown words to indicated private dictionary in
-# --spelling-private-dict-file option instead of raising a message.
-spelling-store-unknown-words=no
-
-
-[FORMAT]
-
-# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
-max-line-length=100
-
-# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
-ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
-
-# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
-# else.
-single-line-if-stmt=no
-
-# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
-# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
-# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
-# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
-no-space-check=trailing-comma,dict-separator
-
-# Maximum number of lines in a module
-max-module-lines=1000
-
-# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
-# tab).
-indent-string='    '
-
-# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging  or continued line.
-indent-after-paren=4
-
-# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
-expected-line-ending-format=
-
-
-[LOGGING]
-
-# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
-# function parameter format
-logging-modules=logging
-
-
-[BASIC]
-
-# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
-good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_
-
-# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
-bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
-
-# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
-# the name regexes allow several styles.
-name-group=
-
-# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name
-include-naming-hint=yes
-
-# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
-# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
-property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
-
-# Regular expression matching correct argument names
-argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Naming hint for argument names
-argument-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct attribute names
-attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Naming hint for attribute names
-attr-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names
-class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
-
-# Naming hint for class attribute names
-class-attribute-name-hint=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct method names
-method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Naming hint for method names
-method-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct constant names
-const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
-# Naming hint for constant names
-const-name-hint=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct module names
-module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
-
-# Naming hint for module names
-module-name-hint=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct variable names
-variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Naming hint for variable names
-variable-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct function names
-function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Naming hint for function names
-function-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names
-inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
-
-# Naming hint for inline iteration names
-inlinevar-name-hint=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
-
-# Regular expression matching correct class names
-class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
-
-# Naming hint for class names
-class-name-hint=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
-# not require a docstring.
-no-docstring-rgx=^_
-
-# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
-# ones are exempt.
-docstring-min-length=-1
-
-
-[ELIF]
-
-# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
-max-nested-blocks=5
-
-
-[TYPECHECK]
-
-# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
-# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
-ignore-mixin-members=yes
-
-# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
-# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
-# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis. It
-# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
-ignored-modules=
-
-# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
-# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
-# qualified names.
-ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
-
-# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
-# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
-# expressions are accepted.
-generated-members=
-
-# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
-# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
-# produce valid context managers.
-contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
-
-
-[DESIGN]
-
-# Maximum number of arguments for function / method
-max-args=5
-
-# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
-# with leading underscore
-ignored-argument-names=_.*
-
-# Maximum number of locals for function / method body
-max-locals=15
-
-# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body
-max-returns=6
-
-# Maximum number of branch for function / method body
-max-branches=12
-
-# Maximum number of statements in function / method body
-max-statements=50
-
-# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
-max-parents=7
-
-# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
-max-attributes=7
-
-# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
-min-public-methods=2
-
-# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
-max-public-methods=20
-
-# Maximum number of boolean expressions in a if statement
-max-bool-expr=5
-
-
-[IMPORTS]
-
-# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
-deprecated-modules=optparse
-
-# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
-# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
-import-graph=
-
-# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
-# not be disabled)
-ext-import-graph=
-
-# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
-# not be disabled)
-int-import-graph=
-
-# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
-# compatibility libraries.
-known-standard-library=
-
-# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
-known-third-party=enchant
-
-# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
-# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
-# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
-analyse-fallback-blocks=no
-
-
-[CLASSES]
-
-# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
-defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
-
-# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
-valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
-
-# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
-valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
-
-# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
-# warning.
-exclude-protected=_asdict,_fields,_replace,_source,_make
-
-
-[EXCEPTIONS]
-
-# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
-# "Exception"
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5940e91..9914625 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ install:
   # install kas to have all kas dependencies:
   - pip install .
   # checkcode dependencies:
-  - pip install pylint pycodestyle doc8 Pygments
+  - pip install pycodestyle doc8 Pygments
   # test dependencies:
   - pip install pytest
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e373aad..c244424 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# pylint: disable=bad-continuation,missing-docstring,redefined-builtin
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name,wrong-import-position
 #
 # kas documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Thu Jun 22 11:10:06 2017.
diff --git a/kas/build.py b/kas/build.py
index 57f6395..0fb6147 100644
--- a/kas/build.py
+++ b/kas/build.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class Build:
         """
             Executes the build command of the kas plugin.
         """
-        # pylint: disable=no-self-use
 
         if args.cmd != 'build':
             return False
diff --git a/kas/config.py b/kas/config.py
index fbeecf6..58edd45 100644
--- a/kas/config.py
+++ b/kas/config.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class Config:
         """
             Returns the list of repos.
         """
-        # pylint: disable=no-self-use
 
         # Always keep repo_dict and repos synchronous
         # when calling get_repos
diff --git a/kas/context.py b/kas/context.py
index b51f8c8..0df4abf 100644
--- a/kas/context.py
+++ b/kas/context.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ except ImportError:
             platform.dist is deprecated and will be removed in python 3.7
             Use the 'distro' package instead.
         """
-        # pylint: disable=deprecated-method
         return platform.dist()[0]
 
 
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ def create_global_context():
     """
         Creates global context as singleton.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=global-statement
     global __context__
     __context__ = Context()
     return __context__
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ def get_context():
     return __context__
 
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 class Context:
     """
         Implements the kas build context.
diff --git a/kas/includehandler.py b/kas/includehandler.py
index faba8ab..a6ec332 100644
--- a/kas/includehandler.py
+++ b/kas/includehandler.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ class IncludeHandler:
             the current file overwrites every include. (evaluation depth first
             and from top to bottom)
             """
-            # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 
             missing_repos = []
             configs = []
diff --git a/kas/kas.py b/kas/kas.py
index 41e18dd..9abbad0 100644
--- a/kas/kas.py
+++ b/kas/kas.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ from . import __version__, __file_version__, __compatible_file_version__
 # Import kas plugins
 # Since they are added by decorators, they don't need to be called,
 # just imported.
-# pylint: disable=unused-import
 from .libkas import kasplugin
 from . import build
 from . import shell
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ def main():
     """
         The main function that operates as a wrapper around kas.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=broad-except
 
     try:
         sys.exit(kas(sys.argv[1:]))
diff --git a/kas/libcmds.py b/kas/libcmds.py
index 50963f1..f9198a5 100644
--- a/kas/libcmds.py
+++ b/kas/libcmds.py
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ class SetupReposStep(Command):
 
     def execute(self, ctx):
         """ TODO refactor protected-access """
-        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         if not ctx.missing_repo_names:
             return False
 
@@ -325,7 +324,6 @@ class FinishSetupRepos(Command):
 
     def execute(self, ctx):
         """ TODO refactor protected-access """
-        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         # now fetch everything with complete config and check out layers
         # except if keep_config is set
         if not ctx.keep_config:
diff --git a/kas/libkas.py b/kas/libkas.py
index bff2d17..f0d82f2 100644
--- a/kas/libkas.py
+++ b/kas/libkas.py
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ def run_cmd_async(cmd, cwd, env=None, fail=True, liveupdate=True):
     """
         Run a command asynchronously.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
-
-    # Disable incorrect warning on asyncio.wait_for,
-    # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/996.
-    # pylint: disable=not-an-iterable
 
     env = env or get_context().environ
     cmdstr = ' '.join(cmd)
@@ -136,7 +131,6 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, cwd, env=None, fail=True, liveupdate=True):
     """
         Runs a command synchronously.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
     (ret, output) = loop.run_until_complete(
@@ -164,7 +158,6 @@ def _create_task(routine):
         # for Python < 3.5, avoiding the keyword 'async' introduced in 3.7
         creation_func = getattr(asyncio, 'async')
 
-    # pylint: disable=deprecated-method
     return creation_func(routine)
 
 
@@ -204,7 +197,6 @@ def get_build_environ():
     """
         Creates the build environment variables.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     # nasty side effect function: running oe/isar-init-build-env also
     # creates the conf directory
 
diff --git a/kas/repos.py b/kas/repos.py
index 8eb0586..add94dc 100644
--- a/kas/repos.py
+++ b/kas/repos.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class Repo:
 
     def __init__(self, url, path, refspec, layers, patches,
                  disable_operations):
-        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self.url = url
         self.path = path
         self.refspec = refspec
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ class Repo:
         self.operations_disabled = disable_operations
 
     def __getattr__(self, item):
-        # pylint: disable=no-else-return
         if item == 'layers':
             if not self._layers:
                 return [self.path]
@@ -256,7 +254,6 @@ class RepoImpl(Repo):
             (retc, output) = yield from run_cmd_async(cmd,
                                                       cwd=self.path,
                                                       fail=False)
-            # pylint: disable=no-else-return
             if retc:
                 logging.error('Could not apply patch. Please fix repos and '
                               'patches. (patch path: %s, repo: %s, patch '
@@ -274,7 +271,6 @@ class GitRepo(RepoImpl):
     """
         Provides the git functionality for a Repo.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,missing-docstring
 
     def clone_cmd(self, gitsrcdir):
         cmd = ['git', 'clone', '-q', self.url, self.path]
@@ -310,7 +306,6 @@ class MercurialRepo(RepoImpl):
     """
         Provides the hg functionality for a Repo.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,missing-docstring,unused-argument
 
     def clone_cmd(self, gitsrcdir, config):
         return ['hg', 'clone', self.url, self.path]
diff --git a/kas/shell.py b/kas/shell.py
index 44c55b7..0afe250 100644
--- a/kas/shell.py
+++ b/kas/shell.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class Shell:
         """
             Runs this kas plugin
         """
-        # pylint: disable= no-self-use
 
         if args.cmd != 'shell':
             return False
diff --git a/scripts/checkcode.sh b/scripts/checkcode.sh
index 0c4dee5..d7638a0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkcode.sh
+++ b/scripts/checkcode.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ ERROR=0
 echo "Checking with pycodestyle"
 pycodestyle --ignore=W503,W606 $1/*.py $1/*/*.py || ERROR=$(expr $ERROR + 1)
 
-echo "Checking with pylint"
-pylint $1/*.py $1/*/*.py || ERROR=$(expr $ERROR + 2)
-
 echo "Checking with doc8"
 doc8  $1/docs --ignore-path $1/docs/_build || ERROR=$(expr $ERROR + 4)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_includehandler.py b/tests/test_includehandler.py
index f91fc77..6ca959a 100644
--- a/tests/test_includehandler.py
+++ b/tests/test_includehandler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
-# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,no-self-use
 
 import os
 import io